Garment hanger



Nov. 14, 1939.

J. s. MILBURN GARMENT HANGER.

Filed Oct. 21, 1938 Inventor 4.191212% M mwl Attorneys 7 Patented Nov. 14, 1939 pmrso stares anazsz price The present invention relates to garment hangers and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character formed of a single strand of wire including a part shaped to form a coat hanger and including a clamping member adapted to bear against the trousers supporting bar of the hanger to retain the trousers in position on the hanger against shifting movement.

A further object is to provide an article of this character of simple and practical construction which is efiicient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and

Figure 2 is a side elevational View.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 5 designates a garment hanger generally which is formed of a single strand of wire having its intermediate portion indicated at 6' forming the trousers supporting bar and the wire material extending from each end of the bar upwardly in a converging relation to form the coat hanger l, the meeting portions of the wire being twisted about each other as shown at 8 to form the upstanding shank portion of the hook 9 formed at one end of the wire.

The other end of the wire extends downwardly from the twisted shank 8 and terminates in an eye l0 adapted to'bea'r fiatwise against the bar 8 in clamping engagement therewith.

Normally the downwardly extending clamping member is spaced from the bar it, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2, to enable the convenient placing of the trousers on the bar, after which the clamping member may be swung longitudinally oi the bar in either direction, as indicated by the arrows in Figure 1, to the opposite side of the bar into its clamping position.

' The resilient nature of the wire permits the free swinging movement of the free end portion it) into and out of clamping position and to clamp the trousers in position thereon to prevent accidental displacement from the bar. 6

As more clearly shown in Figure 2, the clamping rod for the trousers extends across the bar l B from its point of connection to increase its gripping tension against .the bar.

It is believed the details of construction and 10 manner of use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation. I

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: i

i. In a combined coat and trousers hanger formed of a single strand of wire its intermediate portion bent to form a trouser supporting bar and having one end portionextending upwardly and formed into a suspension hook and the other '20 end portion twisted around the shank of the hook l to reinforce said shank and bent downwardly in a position to bear against the trousers supporting bar to clamp a pair of trousers-thereon, the

extremity of said last named end portion being 25- formed with an enlargement to provide an increased gripping area with the trousers.

2. A combined coat and trousers hanger formed of a single strand of wire and having its I intermediate portion bent to form a trouser sup-' porting bar and the upwardly converging shoulder accommodating portions for the coat, the converging portions of the wire being bent upwardly and twisted about each other, one end of 35 v the wire rising from said twisted portion to form a suspension hook and the other end of the wire extending downwardly from said twisted portion and bearing against the trouser supporting bar to form a clamp for securing the trousers thereon,- 40 said twisted portion of the wire constituting a reinforcement for the shank of the hook as well as a rigid anchor for the rigid end of the clamp.

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